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TMI BlogInterpretation of word "authority"X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... functions in accordance with law. Authority may vest in an individual or a person by itself or even as a delegatee. It is the right to exercise power or permission to exercise power. Such permission or right could be vested in an individual or a body. It can also be in conferment of power by one person to another. This expression has been used differently in different statutes and can be given a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... as an employer to an employee, a principal to an agent, a corporation to its officers, or governmental empowerment to perform certain functions. There are different types of authority including apparent authority when a principal gives an agent various signs of authority to make others believe he or she has authority, express authority or limited authority which spell out exactly what authority i ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the president. (b) the power to act that is officially or formally granted (as by statute, corporate bylaw, or court order). 3. . 4 (a) a government agency or corporation that administers a revenue-producing public enterprise. Example : the transit authority (b) a government agency or public office responsible for an area of regulation. Example : should apply for a permit to the permitting authori ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s given must be to do a thing lawful: for if it be for the doing anything against law, as to beat a man, take away his goods, or disseise him of his lands this will not be a good authority to justify him that doth it.: Authority (In contracts) the lawful delegation of power by one person to another. Authority (In administrative law) is a body having jurisdiction in certain matters of a public natu ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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